Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, to the point of order: there are many times in this House where ministers answer questions where they don't have the decision-making within their portfolio but the outcome of the decision-making is relevant to the areas they represent. It happens in agriculture all the time, it happens in regional Australia all the time, where, if there is an impact on their stakeholders, they take questions. There would be days of parliament where, on the basis of what the Leader of the House just said, almost all of the government's questions from that side would be ruled out if that were to be the standard. This question goes immediately to the impact on regional Australia and whether the minister will be advocating in that way or not.

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